Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation crash, Aug 29, 1960 (63 killed)
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation accident on August 29, 1960 near Dakar Dakar Region, Senegal with 63 fatalities. Cause: Cause never determined. The...
- Date: August 29, 1960
- Aircraft: Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
- Location: Dakar Dakar Region, Senegal
- Fatalities: 63
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Cause never determined. The aircraft had no flight recorders and investigators lacked evidence to establish the exact cause.
An Air France Lockheed L 1049 Super Constellation on a Paris to Dakar to Monrovia to Abidjan service was on approach to Dakar in low visibility. After a missed approach and a holding pattern, it disappeared in a rain squall and crashed into the sea about 2,400 m off the Mamelles lighthouse, killing all 63 people on board.